How to format your references using the GeoResJ citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for GeoResJ. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

[1]

Bohannon J. The Gonzo Scientist. Can scientists dance? Science 2008;319:905.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Martin LB, Coon CAC. Immunology. Infection protection and natural selection. Science 2010;330:602–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Levy ED, Landry CR, Michnick SW. Cell signaling. Signaling through cooperation. Science 2010;328:983–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Kangaspeska S, Stride B, Métivier R, Polycarpou-Schwarz M, Ibberson D, Carmouche RP, et al. Transient cyclical methylation of promoter DNA. Nature 2008;452:112–5.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

[1]

Müller B, Van de Voorde M. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Human Health. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Butusov M. Phosphorus: An Element that could have been called Lucifer. vol. 9. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Dewey D. Crucial Phenomena. In: Aguirre A, Foster B, Merali Z, editors. How Should Humanity Steer the Future?, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 27–36.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for GeoResJ.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Why Mothers Matter More Than Diet When It Comes To The Obesity Crisis. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-mothers-matter-more-diet-when-it-comes-obesity-crisis/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Highways and Environment: Transportation Agencies Are Acting to Involve Others in Planning and Environmental Decisions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Necaise KW. Effects of soybean-derived phytoestrogens on reproductive tract development in neonatal male and female pigs: Animal model for the human infant. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 2012.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

[1]

Paulson M. ‘Brilliant,’ 41, And Lost to AIDS: The Theater World Asks Why. New York Times 2017:AR1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	GeoResJ
Abbreviation	GeoResJ
ISSN (print)	2214-2428
Scope	General Earth and Planetary Sciences